lanre Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 So I live in Southwest Wisconsin, and sadly, I thought that maybe we'd luck out and have a mild winter. I was very wrong. The snow and cold has arrived. I started my addiction to USPSA this fall on a whim. That whim absolutely turned into an obsession. I'm counting the days until I can get back outside and start shooting again. I'm hoping a place like this can help to ease the pain until the warmth returns. Anyone else feel my pain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximis228 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Have you checked out Lodi? I think they run a quality indoor match regularly in the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanre Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 I actually went to an indoor match in Lodi in December. Being new to the sport, I'm not sure if it's the norm or not, but it seemed to take FOREVER! It was a 4 stage match that started at 10am. We didn't get done until about 3:30pm. Indoor seemed to take so much longer than outdoor matches. I've not done an outdoor match at Lodi yet. The only outdoor matches I've done were in Ripon. I thoroughly enjoyed those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximis228 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I would assume it had larger squads due to the limited space. Most outdoor matches have 10-13 people at best per squad. Majors (this works for locals too) end up running about 45-50 mins per stages for the whole squad. I used to run my local indoor club, McHenry IPSC Shooting Society (MISS), for a few years. We only have 2 bays to work with and run 4 stages (And 6 on our Saturday matches). a 4 stage match with 16 person squads runs from 7-10ish. Saturdays with 12 person squads and 6 stages run from 8 AM - 1PMish. Outdoor stags designs allow more pre scoring(Scoring targets while the shooter is still shooting). Most indoor stages dont have a whole lot of forward movement compared to outdoor matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaques Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Move to the south Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonytheTiger Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Could be worse. I work outdoors in WI year round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 hour ago, lanre said: I thought we'd have a mild winter. Can't sympathize. We had a wind chill in Orlando of 27 F. yesterday. Almost froze my bippy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, jaques said: Move to the south He's kidding... dont move south. Edited January 23, 2020 by Shep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwbsig Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Our cold weather don’t compare to Wisconsin’s cold but man we got some hot weather that will make you want to stay inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe4d Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 snow and below freezing is awsome,,, Just buy better clothes . What sucks is NEAR but not quite freezing.. cause that translates to cold arse mud,,, MUD MUD AND MORE MUD,,, and howling wind , and WET... Id rather be subzero and dry, than 33 degrees and wet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intheshaw1 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Yep. What we have in SE WI right now. 32/33 degrees and just slush falling from the sky. I'd rather it be highs of 30 so everything stays frozen as it's not too cold for an hour at the range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddym90 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 If you really need to get a USPSA fix and don't mind a drive, Marc-On is located near Eau Claire, WI and runs indoor USPSA 2x per month. We do 4-5 stages, multiple of which are classifiers, and the matches get done within about 2-3 hours. Matches are on PractiScore if you want to check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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